I thought AOS article was very honest and matter of fact. With the GAA embracing "pay per view" he is only commenting on what a huge amount of players are discussing and its "pay per play". Its as plain as night following day and despite the hypocracy of the GAA it is inevitable. So O'Shea is only articulating what most intercounty players feel they deserve.
I don't want this to ever happen but surely if there's talk of splitting Dublin in two in football then Cork hurling should be split in two aswell??? Massive hurling county with massive population massive resources and already 28 all Ireland's in the bag 4 more than Dublin footballers surely it would have to happen if Dublin football was split?
"I've better advice for the GAA, look at everything FIFA do and then go and do the exact opposite. That's how we'll keep our ship in order."
Yes, FIFA are horribly corrupt but they have looked after the technical side of the game and done everything required - remember the back-pass to the keeper? Studs high challenges? Restrictive offside rulings? All gone from the game.
Damothedub - I haven't suggested anything different to what the Football Development Committee recommended over ten years ago. Remember when you had to take free-kicks from the ground? Big improvement nowadays. As for the 3 step rule, it's very necessary I believe - as a defender you just don't get enough opportunities to tackle cleanly, the black card compounds that. The alternative would be to go with the Aussie tackle - something that would be fundamentally alien to our game. Gaelic football is a diamond in the rough but it still needs a lot of polishing. I don't watch rugby by the way.
As for O'Shea's comments on regional teams - again this was all suggested by the FDC over ten years ago. It's the way forward. Very few counties can compete in both codes. Demographics have to be taken into account. The championship doesn't get really competitive untill the quarter-final stage, that's not good enough if you're going to compete with rugby and soccer. Two Dublin football teams (not hurling), is realistic, might be the best thing to every happen to Dubin GAA. Dublin is already an amalgamtion of several counties and the city anyway.
Might be the best thing to happen Dublin football , who are you kidding , on what basis did you come to that conclusion , is it based on our fans , our clubs , very few if any Dublin fans would support this ? What on earth does ""Dublin are an amalgamation of several counties and the city anyway "". even mean ? Two very strange comments indeed
Might be the best thing to happen Dublin football , who are you kidding , on what basis did you come to that conclusion , is it based on our fans , our clubs , very few if any Dublin fans would support this ? What on earth does ""Dublin are an amalgamation of several counties and the city anyway "". even mean ? Two very strange comments indeed
I think he's confused by the fact that the county of Dublin is split into 4 council areas for administrative purposes. Done it back in the 1990s. Not the only county where this is the case either.